Means for teaching marksmanship



vSept- 6, 1932-` c. scHwAR-rz MEANS FOR TEACHING MARKSMANSHIP Filed Jan. s, 1952 i Patented Septf, 1932 CHARLES SCHWARTZ, on LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP, MERCER ooUNTYy NEW JERSEY MEANS FOR TEACHING LTARKSIVIASHII? Appncation inea January 5, 1932. serial 584,763. Y Y Y Y Objects of the present invention are to facilitate instructionin marksmanship with trigger` fired arms; to provide for overcomingdefects inmarksmanship due to the pupils i flinching or other involuntary nervous movements or muscular contractions; to permit the student or pupil to call or designate his aim in respect to the target after the Weapon has been red or discharged; and, in general, to

loimprove marksmanship and the teaching thereof. t

Otherobjects of the invention will appear from the following description at the end of Which the invention will be claimed.

Generally stated, the invention comprises the dual control of the ring of a trigger fired Weapon, one control being exercised by the pupil or student, and the other by the instructor, as will be more fully described.

` 1 The invention also comprises the improvements tobetpresently described and finally claimed.`

In the following description reference Will be made tothe accompanying drawing formi ing part hereof and inWhich Figure 1 isa side View with parts broken away of a fire arm embodying features of the y invention, and i Fig.2' is a side view illustrating the application of the invention to another type of fire arm. A i y Referring to Fig.' l, the trigger 1 is free for manual operation by the pupil and the `fire arm is provided with means or mechanism operable by the instructor and adapted to actuate the trigger.. `Electrical means are selected for illustration, and they comprise an electromagnet mounted in the fire arm, and

ranging one, end ofits cores through ahole in the trigger guard' 5 with one end of the spoolof thewinding 6 `in Contact with the,

guard 5. The other end ofthe core 3 is provided with anointed screw 7 which takes into im a pitinthe handleS of the weapon or re- `12 `for connecting 'and disconnecting them a control 2 independent of the fire arm. The

ment 4. of the grip and is supported hy arvolver."` 9'indicates a source of current, such as a portable battery, and from it extend leads lO'and 11 providedwith a terminal plug withcoil 6 of thejmagnet.j The control is `in- 65 terposed in the lead lO and may serve like a push button to open and close it. `The enlargement 4 may consist of insulating mate` `rial and if it is notched, as shown at 13, for

the accommodation of the fingers of the student or pupil, it induces a proper movement in pressing the trigger. The described equipment may be applied to any trigger weapon. The mode of operation may be explained as follows:

It is not difficult for the instructor to teach the pupil or student how to aim the Weapon` but the diiiiculty is in large part that the pupil or student iiinches and in that way renders a correct aim futile. By the present invention 7 after the student or pupil has had an opportunity to aim the weapon and without the knowledge of the vstudent or pupil and before the latter has had time to flinch or make involuntary movements and so spoil the aim, the instructor bymeans of the control 2 fires the weapon usually with the result that a good shot is made. This not only encourages the pupil but also demonstrates to the pupil that the core 3a of the magnet operates through a centrally pivoted lever 14 and can bearranged in advance of the trigger of, for

example, a gun as diagrammatically illustrated in Fig. 2. Y

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art to which the invention relates that modiiications may be made in details of construction and arrangement and matters of mere form without departing from the spirit ofthe invention which is not limited to such matters or otherwise than the prior art and vthe appended yclaims may require.

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1. For teaching marksmanship, a detached fire arm free to be held in the hand for man- Y ual aiming and having a trigger free for Y 5, manual operation by a'pupil and provided `With means carried by the firearm and operable by an instructor and adapted to actuantev the trigger. Y .Y c

2. For teaching marksmanship, a detached Y 10 fire arm free for manual aiming and having a. triggerv and' provided with at dirai firing control carried by the fire arm androperable y by the instructor and by the pnpii. Y y A 3. A ydetached fire afin free for manual 15 aiming and having a, trigger free foi manual Y operatiomvan electromagnet carried by the,- Y re arm and for operatingthe trigger, Vand 'i 1 electricalt connections for the eiectroina'gnet; I et. A ire-armhztving trigger and trigger Y 20v guard and provided' with a. chamber, an e1ec- 1 Ytrema.gne-t arranged in said ychamber Yand Y havin-g its core projecting through the trigger guard, and yelectrical connections for the Ve'lectronfiagnet including; a circuit controller..V

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